Every year there seems to be a large percentage of fans who want nothing more than to trade down out of our draft pick in the 1st round and amass a bunch of future picks.  Think the Redskins and Rams trade for RG3.

 

I believe this team does not need to trade down and should not trade down, except for the unlikely scenario that someone comes up with a ridiculous offer.

 

My premise is this:  Our roster is stacked with young, talented, and INEXPERIENCED players.  

 

Bortles, Denard, Storm, Lee, ARob, Joeckel, Bowanko, Linder, Pasztor  just on offense.

 

More players like:  Chris Smith, Telvin Smith, Branch, Gratz, Evans, Cyprien, DMac, Colvin.

 

 

That's a lot of young players that have been getting a lot of playing time.  In most cases, trade-downs would result in adding more of those types of players.  Young, inexperienced, and talented.  May or may not develop.  The chance of finding a superstar out of those players listed is small, although many would agree caldwell has done a good job of drafting.

 

 

I think this team needs to add a bonafide superstar to the roster.  A Fred Taylor.  Jimmy Smith.  Mojo.  Marcus Stroud.   Difference makers, not extra depth.  We have enough depth on this team right now.  

 

I believe that at #3, if you believe in your scouts and GM and coaching staff, you may be getting the best non-QB in the entire draft.  Why let that potential difference maker go to someone else?  

 

Furthermore, Caldwell himself has said that we have 22 starters now and no true "needs."  We don't need to bring in another 10 rookies.  In fact, if we do - I bet you many wouldn't even make the team.  The roster is full of young players with potential to improve.  

 

It would be different if we had 8 holes on this team and we just need as many players as possible.  That is not the case anymore  That was the case in 2013 and 2014.  

 

Do you really want to have another 10 rookies playing next year?  Not me.  Been there, done that.  We need to let our young core develop and supplement them by adding a monster at #3.  

 

 

 

It's completely different if you have a veteran team with a veteran QB and are set at multiple important positions.  You may want to get younger then..... then it makes sense to add a bunch of young players and see which rise to the top.  We don't have that luxury.  We are still looking for superstars.  Without them, you will never be more than 6-10.  No offense to the guys listed above, but none are superstars or true "difference makers."  At least not yet.  We need to draft that difference maker #3.

 

In a nutshell:  Trading down doesn't directly address our biggest need.  Superstar talent.  Trading down will get you a younger roster, which actually is one of the reasons we've been so bad in the last two years.  It just doesn't make any sense.  

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